Apparatus for handling sludge acids



May 25 1926. 1 ,585,986

D. R. HENDERSON ET AL APP ixRATUS FOR HANDLING SLUDGEACIDS Filed July50, 1921 a Iuvavrarrs up. H Lu- I Patented May 25, 1926. 1,585,986

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

DAVID R. HENDERSON AND ALBERT H. HIT-L 01 ARKANSAS CITY; KANSAS; SAIDHENDERSON ASSIGNOR OF HIS INTEREST T EARL H. SLEETE, 0F ARKANSAS CITY,

- KANSAS.

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SL'UDGE ACIDS.

' Applicatio n flled July so, 1921. Serial No. 488,744.

This invention relates to apparatus for imparted to the hollow piston17. Actuahandling thick sludge acids and more partion of the valvemechanism 27 is controlled ticularly to means for transferring the by aconnection 28 between the piston and 55 l d e a id the valve stem 29 ina manner well known I 5 Other objects of the invention will apin theart.

pear upon consideration of the following The operation of the apparatusis as detail description and accompanying draw follows. The sludge acidsare likely to beings, wherein the figure is a longitudinal come quitethick in the storage tanks, par- 60 section through the pumpingapparatus. ticularly in cold weather and although ca Referring to thedrawing 5 indicates a pable of flowing through large pipes they sludgesoftening tank and which 18 conire too thick to permit easy distributionnected with the upper end of a spout 9. The through smaller pipe lines.Therefore spout 9 is generally cone or funnel shaped means are provided.whereby these liquids 65 and is connected at its lower end with the'pass through a large pipe from a main end of a cylinder 15 through thetop side storage tank'into a heating tank and are thereof. Thetransverse sectional area of there heated by means of steam oi the likea the cyligd er 15 is greater than the trans and from which theyarecaused to flow into verse sectional area of the spout 9 at the acylinder having a piston movably mount- 70 point where it communicateswith the ined therein. \Vhen this piston moves toterior of the saidcylinder. wards the head end of the cylinder the oil The pumpingapparatus includes the 1I1- or liquid is naturally forced towards thetake cylinder '15 which is connected with center of the piston and flowsthrough the the discharge spout 9 leading from the sofbore therein. Asmall amount of the oil 75 toning tank 5. This intake cylinder is prooracid is forced upwardly into the spout vided with a piston 16 adapted torecip- 9, but the amount traveling in this direcrocate therein and thepiston is connected tion will be negligible as the oil or acid in to ahollow piston rod 17 which passes this case is traveling against gravityand through a stuiiing box 18 in the end of the the tendency of thepiston compressing the cylinder 15 and is connected to the piston oiland forcing it through the supply pipe 16 as shown. The piston 16 isPIOWClOd would result in the greater port-ion of the a with a relativelylarge conical mouth 19 in oil'traveling through the supply pipe andcommunication withthe interior of the holinto the distributing "ylindenlow piston rod 17. The discharge cylinder What is claimed is: 20receives the opposite end of the hollow Apparatus for handling sludgecomprispiston rod 17, this piston rod passing ing a cylinder having atits opposite side through a stufiing box 21 on the end of the and at oneend a spout which communicates discharge cylinder. An air chamber 22 iswith the interior of the "cylinder through in communication with theinterior of the an opening, the transverse sectional area 01 9 dischargecylinder 20, and this cylinder is which is less than the diametricaltransverse connected with a four inch discharge pipe sectional area ofthe cylinder. a hollow pis- 23 which is conducted to any suitabledistonmounted for sliding movement in the charge point Where the sludge may bediscylinder, a hollow piston rod connected charged. with the piston,means for reciprocating the Intermediate the ends of the hollowpispiston rod, a distributing cylinder slidabl tonrod 17 a steamcylinder 25 is provided receiving one end portion'of' the rod botthrough which the piston rod passes and of the said cylinders beingapproximately receives a steam piston 26-which is adapted of the sametransverse-sectional area. f to be actuated by the steam passing intothe In testimony whereof, we have afiixed cylinder at regular intervalsthrough the our signatures. medium of the operation of the steam valve 727 so that the piston 26 will be reciprocated DAVID R. HENDERSON, forcausing a reciprocatory movement to be ALBERT'H. HILL.-

